after promising that I'd talk about miniature basket making in an old post, here i am.. talking about miniature baskets.. well, the ones in the previous post were crocheted and even though i wanted so badly to explain how to make them, i decided not to. because it'd be the crappiest tutorial ever, since i really don't have a clue about crochet terminalogy.velhasil, sepetlerimiZe geri donelim. minyatur sepet yapimini ilk olarak suradan ogrenmistim. sonrasinda da farkli ipler, farkli tekniklerle deneye yanila iste bunlar cikti ortaya..

well, as if i had nothing else to do, i have got myself into these miniature stuff making thing..for instance, you can see little bread rolls with poopy seeds and their basket above, and a set of three stockable baskets below..tabagini haZir almis oldugum hashasli corekler..

i have been dealing with different techniques-experimental ones actually, because of that puppet exhibiton of mine. with this puppet, i think i'm kinda acquiring more stabiliZed versions of those experiments.for example, i first made the eyes and then the eyelids (normally, i scuplt eyes and eyelids at the same time, from the same piece of clay even). as a matter of fact, i sculpted the eyes, baked them, painted and sealed them, and then made the eyelids on top of them. my real wish is to be able to apply the same technique to glass eyes, but.. we'll see..aand.. after sculpting and baking process, it was time for coloring. i painted her with acrylics as usual, and used reddish acrylics for the lips, eyelids and cheeks. but she turned out to be a quite old lady instead of a little girl. also the hair was just blond back then. i reckoned she had fairly less hair than she's supposed to have. so i added these pink shades, and repainted the face. then i colored the lips, eyelids and cheeks using a lip liner. and it worked quite well for me.. especially on the lips.. i even made the freckles with that lip liner..iskelet her Zamani gibi telden, orda bir deneysellik yok -neyse ki! lakin deneysellik surda ki, geenlerde uZun suredir merak ettigim epoksi macunundan bulup almistim, onunla denemeler yapiyordum. (cok da bi deneysel olamadim gerci, acayip pahaliydi Zira kendileri) iste eklemleri acikta birakacak sekilde tum vucutta ince tabaklar halinde kaslar yaptim, gogus ve kalcanin temelini de epoksiyle yaptim. daha sonra da moduritle sekillendirdim. boylece cok daha kontrollu bir hareket skalasina sahip oldu kuklacik. el bliekleri ve boynu disindaki tum eklemleri rahatca hareket edebiliyor son halinde.. ha bi de bu epoksiden biraZ daha bahsetmek gerekirse, (ki resmen asik oldum, cok keyifli bir malZeme) havayla kuruyor ve yaklasik 5-10 dakikada sertlesiyor. 24 saatin sonunda da celik kivanina geliyor. yani minik parcalar halinde ve oldukca hiZli calismak gerekiyor kendisiyle ama kontrolu cok kolay ve kivami da sahane. misal bu hanimefendinin ellerini tamamen epoksi ile yaptim ve sonuctan oldukca memnunum..

armature is made of wire, as usual, no experiments there. but after finally finding some apoxie putty, i couldn't help but experimenting with it. i loved the material, i basically fell in love with it. it's unusually easy to work with and has an incredible consistency.. and unlike my other puppets, she has "muscles". i mean, her body is covered with apoxie and modurit, leaving the joints free. and this gave her a more controlled range of movements. by the way, her hands were also sculpted with apoxie and i'm quite happy with the result.kostume gelince.. corap icin oldukca elastik, mayo kumasi gibi bir kumas kullandim. elbise icin yine elastik (ama mayo kumasi kadar degil) bir kumas kullandim, suslemeleri de sutasi denen seyle taptim (ki halen neden sutasi deniyorum hic bilmiyorum). ayicigi da kece kumastan yapip yine hafif kecelesmis yunle doldurdum, goZlerini de kum boncularla yaptim..

and to talk about costuming.. i used a very flexible striped fabric for the stockings. and used again a flexible fabric for the dress and embellished with soutache.. and the teddy bear is made of felt, stuffed with felted wool. i used little beads for the eyes..henuZ halen hicbir sey satamamis oldugum icin, pasaj'a koymadim bu sefer kendilerini.. lakin merak edenler etsy ve fler dolaylarinda bulabilirler.. ya da hep dedigim gibi, indirimli fiyat icin toohero@gmail.com'a bir mail yeter..duZeltme: i-ih, artik degil, gittii.. amerika yolcusu.. :)

she's now waiting for her new home in etsy and fler.. or like i always say, for discounted prices an e-mait to toohero@gmail.com is enough..edit: well, not aymore. she's packing her things and getting ready for U.S.

from left to right;minimal lady, quiZZical little girl, beautiful fall, minimal lady 2(note; if you don't want to deal with websites and stuff, it'd be even better for me. please contact me for anything; toohero@gmail.com)edit: minimal lady no:1 is sold now, but other little ladies are still waiting for their new homes..